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Trump [ falsely ] blames Chicago crime on gang members 'not even legally in our country'

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Trump offered no evidence for his claim that gang members in the country illegally are behind much of the violence. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, a former South Side alderman, said the president's assessment is off base.

"I don't know anyone in Chicago who believes" illegal immigrants cause Chicago's gang problems, Preckwinkle said. "Unfortunately, the difficulties that we have are homegrown. They are not a function of illegal immigrants.

"Whether we are talking about African-American or Latino neighborhoods, we're not talking about illegal immigrants. We are talking about our own native-born sons and daughters, and we need to figure out how to meet the challenges they face and their communities face that diminishes the violence in those neighborhoods."

Trump was addressing the winter conference of the Major Cities Chiefs Association, whose members are police chiefs and sheriffs from large cities in the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-trump-chicago-violence-20170208-story.html